SETTraiDER 18, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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to see the male salmon make his charee and grip. I saw it 

 fairly once only, but liad no idea of ite object iintil I saw 

 the caplin spawn in Trinity Bay, Newfoundlantl. in 1876, 

 , and afterward found dead niHle caplin on the N'orthern 

 Labi-ador, with the rid<;es nearly anne from their backs. 



The explanation of tlie seizure 'of the female by the 

 male dawned upon mo when rending Barfurth's, Siebold's 

 and Block's statements about the disappearance of the 

 book in the fat biennial spawning male, during his bar- 

 ren year. 



Now as to structure. If Mr. Atkins will refer to the 

 same volume of the Commissioner of Fisheries Report, 

 which contains his own excellent paper on "The Atlantic 

 Salmon," he will Bnd.un page 719,a translation of alectnre 

 on the organs of reproduction in fishes, etc.; and on page 

 721 he will see a diagrammatic illustration of the ovaries 

 and oviduct of the majority of osseous fi-ihes, I have 

 searched in vain for anything like this structure in the 

 anadromous salmon. 1 have utterly failed to discover 

 even ainiilaritj^ in the anadroinous salmon with the rep- 

 resentatian of'tlie organs and their relation to the genital 

 orifice. But I am not an anatomist, nor a physiologist, 

 and should lie sorry to find myself attempting to describe 

 structural differences or aifiiii'tie!^. Tliis is the work of 

 speciahsts nowadays. Were I to do so, I should proba- 

 hlydifcover SnJiao u'ilnwHi.Nn. 2,in Ave minutes. Hence 

 my cautions statement, '■ I think you will iind," etc., to 

 which Mr. Atkins calls attention. i3ut I long since found 

 in the salmon (and have before me in alcohol at the present 

 moment) a structure which led me to the conclusion that 

 the eggs of the salmon were contained in closed sacs, sepa- 

 rated trom the oviduct by a membrane which serves the 

 I purpose of a hymen, and that it is the function of the 

 . hook on the lower jaw of the male fish to break this 

 I membrane when the proper liour arrives. 



If Mr. Atkins will opsn a femile silmin well advanced 

 in apiwn, under wxter, so as not to loosen the og^'s from 

 the leaHets by handiiu'; in a different mRditiin, he will. 

 I think, satisfy hinnelt that the conclusion I have :ei- 

 vanoed is not "hypothetical. 



Your correspondents have touched upon one or twci 

 other points, which the space I have already occufiied 

 prevents me from noticing now. But \vith your 

 permission I will advert to them in a future communi- 

 cation. Discussions on these subjects, if temperately 

 conducted, must be productive of good, for vrhile they 

 tend to expose empiricism and vainglorious boasting, 

 they bring out important facts, as in Mr. Mowat's letter, 

 which tend to the diffusion of knowledge and to public 

 utility. IIensy Youle HIND. 



A FISHING TRIP ON LAKE SUPERIOE. 



, DuLUTH, Minn., Aug. Z\st. 



A BOUT three weeks ago a party of seven, including 

 x\. your correspondent, went down the north shore 

 of Lake Superior, on a trout Ashing trip. We had such 

 good luck and such a pleasant time, that I thought your 

 readers might like to liear of it. 



The personnel of our party was, first and chiefly, the 

 "Pi^gan," then the "Buffalo Bull," whom the Piegan 

 was supposed to drive, next, a nameless gentleman, then 

 the "Freshman," and last, three boys. We left Duluth in 

 the wee small hours of the 5th of last month and rowed 

 down the lake six miles to a small stream, where one of 

 the party caught a fair sized trout ; here we found a 

 gridiron, and as our party were eminently respectable so, 

 to speak, we captured it. After rowing about three miles 

 further, a tug took us in tow and landed us at Sucker 

 River, eighteen miles front the head of the lake. As wo 

 lay down on the ground with nothing over us but our 

 blankets, we promised ourselves good sport ou the mor- 

 row. Early the next morning, after a breaiifast in which 

 bread predominated, the whole party .started off for the 

 trout streams. We followed a deer trail for two weary 

 hours, during which time all the party, with the excep- 

 tion of the Piegan and myself, turned back. We pushed 

 on, and at noon were Ave miles from camp, with about 

 fifty trout. After a dinner of two slices of irvater-soaked 

 bread, we walked a mile and a half further up the brook 

 and then fished down. At 7:30 we came into camp with 

 160 good trout and true. The rest of the party had twelve 

 fish. After a eood night's rest we sailed on' to Encamp- 

 ment Beach, thirtv-(ivH miles from Duluth, where we 

 intended to spend the S;il,li:iih. AV<- selected as beauiifnl 

 a spot as one often sees for our Sunday rest. Imagine 

 a deep bay. with a sandy beach, perhaps thirty feet wide, 

 running around it a distance of fully two miles, a rocky 

 inlet rising percipitously from the cold, sky-tinted water, 

 as if in sharp contrast to the mainland, and crowned with 

 foliage of the deepest green. Beliind iis rose " The hills. 

 rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun," holdingtheir store of 

 precious metals for the use of man, while befoi'e us 

 Stretched out as far as the eye could reach the beautiful 

 ■waters of grand old Lake Superior. As we stood there 

 g izing over its boundles expanse, the sun sank behind l;he 

 hills casting a glory over the sea and sky that I never ex- 

 pert to Fee snr[iassed. 



Early Monday m irning we started on, but the north- 

 east win<l blowing very hard we made hut fifteen miles, 

 anil campde that night at Split-rock River. The next 

 morning we put out early, bound for " Baptism or bust." 

 At noon we j-owed into Beaver Bay, a town of about one 

 htmdred people, and where we replenished our commissary 

 department, which w.is running low. AVIiile there we 

 met a partv of three, fresh from Baptism, who informed 

 US very coolly that tViey ■• didn't think we would catch 

 many there, they'd just taken out a hundred pounds." 

 Thisrather knoeked our calculations in a heap, but we 

 went on and reached our Mecja at 4 o'clock, in time for 

 the evening fish. The "lone fisherman" went up the 

 river ab nu a mile, to the falls, and got only some dozen 

 fi-ih. lie cama back quite discomasred with the outlook. 

 The next mornins; all the party but one went up the 

 stream and brought down at noon about thirty fish, 

 •weighing on an average three-quarters of a pound each. 

 They reported seeing a monster trout laving under a 

 stone up the river, and so in the afternoon the boss fisher- 

 man and myself went after him. We saw him under the 

 stone and grappled for him, hooked him, and pulled ; he 

 did not come, so I waded into the water for him and got 

 hold of the line, which was a quadruple strand, made es- 

 pecially for die occisioii, and slowly but surely pulled 

 hi a >'it, Ai so )<x Ai he t mched the ground the hook 

 brjice tro'u his uiDuth and he and I fought for some ino- 

 meaci, bat the right won the day, and we put oa our 



string a speckled trout that heat anything I ever saw ; he 

 was twenty-oiie and a half inchea ovLrr iUl. five inches 

 deep two and a half inches in thickness and vveiglied 

 when dressed four and a half pounds. Talk about yo:^r 

 brook trout that weigii about a ijouiidor two ! You should 

 have seen us after we had g')t him! My companion in 

 arms made some remark.s aljout the "(Jreat horned 

 ipoon." I spoke of the " Dexil trace river," and wc made 

 the woods re.sound. That was our Kala day. Our bill ot 

 fare. too. on that day was style. Here it 'is ; Breakfast : 

 fried trout, flapjaci;. coffee and bread and butter, etc. 

 Dinner: flapjacks, oollee, friod trout., bean soup, crackers, 

 etc. Supper : fried trout, lial.ie.l trout, cotiee, etc. That 

 night we slept the sleep of tlie just, as it were. 



About 4 o'clock the next morning one of the party 

 went up the river and caught nothing except a duck. He 

 found out, too. tlie reason for the name " Baptism " — he 

 was thoroughly immersed. That morning wo started 

 for home, aud'of the trials and triumphs, the jfiys and 

 sorrows of that liomeward voyage I wiU speak iu my 

 next. " FaESHMAN. 



1 Bio B&.SS.— Putnam, Avg. 39<7i.— Some eight miles 

 from here lies the famous Webster Pond, which is very 

 large, covering some 3,000 acres or more, and abounds in 

 black bass, some very large, yet we do not know just 

 how to catch tliem. 'Dobson and worms are principally 

 used, but wliile WB cau see hundreds of great_ fellows 

 switn past our hooks, they scarcely notice our bait. Once 

 in a while one will notice, and jierbap.s bite, and while we 

 catch only from five to twenty in a day's fishing, it; seems, 

 if we only knew the proper bait, we might catch hun- 

 dreds where we catch l>ut one now. WiU some one let us 

 know tbrougli the FoiiKST and Stueam of the best bait, 

 or indeed tell U8 how to catch some of these big fellows. 

 There seems to be an aljundance of food for fiih iu this 

 pond, for shiners, perch and pickerel also abound. This 

 lake, or pond, is of an average of say twelve feet deep. 



G. F, W, 



'^mwm to (Siotxg^v^n&mH. 



^"Mo uotlce Cukeii ut Anonymous Commauicationg. 



N. A. E., Bangor, Maine.— Tho wild liogs of i'lorida are simply 

 domestic hogs (Sus soropJiat run wild. 



MEDtcns II.— We publish in this issue the iatormation you ask 

 for regarding cocker Bpaaiels. 



A. C. S., Savannah.— Can furnish any buuk uuinbera you wish. 

 Much valuable information on yachting. 



W. J. A., Denton, Texas.— In tleld trials, if a dog points a lark, 

 turtle do^e, or a ralibit, is it counted against him? Ans. No. 



FDSIl, Boston, Mass.— Thanks for sending newspaper abstract 

 of Prof. Mayer's lecture, but the author has promised ua the full 

 text of his article, which we shall publish shortly. 



H. C. B., Warsaw, Wis.— vyrite to A. E. Godeffroy, GuymarU, 

 Orange County, Jf, Y. He can put you in tlie way of setting the 

 dog you want. 



J. B. S.. Attioa, Ohio.— Doer may be killud in the Upper Penin- 

 sular between Aug. Ist and Nov. loth, aad in the Iiower Peninsu- 

 lar between Sept. 15lh and Dec. 15th 



U. A. S., Milford, M«ss.— Please inform me open season for 

 game in Iowa— ducks, prairie chickens, etc. Ans. Prom Aug. 15th 

 to Deo. 1st for piunated grouse; Aug. 1.5th to May Ist for dncks , 



U. W. R., Moodus, Conn.— What would bo the fare from New 

 York city to some good ti*out fishing in Pennsylvania, and 

 what routo is tho cheapest? Anig. Trout fishing ia closed for this 

 year. 



.1. W., Iowa.— Does •■ Tlic hini ' -jI ih« uoionido Valley," by Dr. 

 Elliot Couoa, give a speoiliL^ lUiI aeuei'c ileseription of all the 

 birds treated uiion, or is ii in these n's|ji/(!,3 i lie same as the " Birds 

 01" thu Northwest," by tbe BaaiL- leutioi . Ans, " Birds of the Col- 

 orado Valley " does contain full descrii'lioiia of the birds treated 

 diltei'iag in tbia respect from " Birds of the Northwest." 



J. C, New York, N. Y.— Will you please inform me whether 

 quail, rabbits and partridge may be shot in Connecticut after 

 Oct. Ist? Also what may be shut. Ans. Quftii, woodcock, ruffed 

 grouse, rabbits, ducks and geeae may be shot after Oct. lat, 

 except duck, geesd and brant in the luoutb of the Housiitoulc 

 kiver. 



Mack.— Pointer Mack, winner of prize at Centennial dog show, 

 IS7B, wiia by Dim out of Cute : Dan by llap ; Kap the son of old 

 -hot, of Kisthainptou, and imported by Mr. Bueli, his owner; 

 Cute by imported i'rtiiny- She was bred by Squire Challoner, 

 Warocreshire, F.in.'^l:ind. Mack was owned by Mr. James Wiir- 

 burton, Now Britain, iJonu. 



H. U. v., fli'adford. Pa— For internal canker the ear should be 

 syringed with lukewarm water and thoroughly cleaned. Take 

 (iaulard's extract of lead one ounce, glycerine aud Crirbolio acid 

 one-quarter ounce, finest olive oil four aod a half ounces. Mix 

 the two first-named, aud add the oil gently, rubbiug together iu a 

 mortar. The uottle must be well Bhaken beCore the llumiout is 

 dropped in the ear. Feed lightly ; give no meat. ; the food should 

 oonsiBt of boiled green vegetables. 



KiSADER, New York.— I. We cannot distinguish between 

 makers. Those adveitiscd in our columns arc- all good. 2. Their 

 guns are good. 3. Shotjruii. i. Yes, all smooth borea can be so 

 used, but we do not reeoicimend it. 5. Tbere are several good 

 places. Cannape is highly rpeommonded. Take H. K. R. K. to 

 Kingston, thence Ulster uod Delaware it. B. to Shokan. C. Rook- 

 well will give inlormation and guide, tj. There is no dog that 

 willhuntttll the game yon mention. A pointer or setter is best 

 tor birds, and a hound or common cur for the fuur-footed " var- 

 mints." 



CHtCAQO.— We would certainly not advi.se yom to ti-y the Per- 

 kins boiler. It is complicated, and not any more economical than 

 the common tubular boilor. Do not believe the statements put 

 forth by Interested hucksters in "risftiis" for America. Ei-imine 

 the trials in England and convince yoiiraelf. Tae holler has now 

 been In I he market for ten year=, and only half a dozen ure in 

 use, while many have been thrown out as worthless humbugs. 

 With your soft coals the Perkins holler would be on absolute 

 uuisaace and wasteful in fuel. Seo back files. 



W. C, East Saginaw.— Tflkine boat at twenty-flve feet water 

 line, eltrht and ahair feet beam, and four feet n'ne inches d.ep 

 she \i'i 1 1 need three .ind a half to four tons hallast Of this put 

 say h.^fi pounds in the keel. Latter about fifteen inches below 

 gjtrboarda amidships, ei^ht inches on top and five inches on bot- 

 tom, tapering at ends. Round up well forward and a little aft 

 The iron outside will bo ten feet long and leu inches deep ; aver- 

 age tliieliness, six Inches. The keelson can be cast-iron if desired, 

 and rest atowed between the frames under the floor or cast to fit. 

 See that It is secured and cannot shift. Cut away the keel for the 

 outside iron, iiuri bolt up through all The midship section you 

 send will make a very roomy craft. Give sides of house a slight 

 "tumble home." Mast for compromise cuiter about nine feet six 

 inches from forward end of water line, t'orestay sets up at stem 

 head; Jibstay through bowspi-it end and down to cutwater. Use 

 fl.ved bowsprit and standing jib. Hiisl of miinmil, twenty foot 

 boom twenty-seven and a half feet, gafl: ttftoen feet, bowsprit 

 outboard twelve feet. Peak gaff with jibslay, or nearly so. Top- 

 mast fourteen feet above cap, fitted to house. Exact sail plan 

 depends upon immersed fore and aft section. Center of sails 

 about six iuchiA forwardof center of lateral resistance. Several 

 such boats in our waters, giving much more satisfaotion than the 

 pancake variety. 



T. B. K., Bradford, I'a.— I have a Sussex cooker puppy three or 

 four months old. About two weeks ago he showed signs of be- 

 ing out of order. His hair appeared to be dead and dry; sores 

 showerl themselves ou different parts of his body and his eyes ran 

 badly. 1 gave him two drops of Fowler's solution daily, and also 

 gave him an occasional dose of sulphur in his milk. Do not think 

 it camef rom overfeeding or high living. He did not seem to im- 

 prove under this ti-eatment, and last Sunday he showed indica- 

 tions of what I supposed was distemper, though I never saw a 

 case and have had no experience with the disease. He had 

 spasms, during which be threw a frothy slime from his mouth. 

 I have been giving a mixture of cream of tartar, sulphur and gun- 

 powder, one teaspoonf nl once or twice a day aud two drops tinc- 

 ture mix vomica. On Friday, his .symptomswere more alarming. 

 He would run around in his room aud bite things that came In 

 ills way, agd I feared he might have signs of being rabid and in- 

 tended having him killed; but this morning he does not show 

 these wild signs and recognizes his friends. He eats heartily. We 

 feed him on boiled milk and bread, with some cooked meat. He 

 has au almost constant twitching of the muscles, but I do not 

 ihlnkhiseyeaarerunningso much now. Ans. The dog requires 

 to be very closely watched. The symptoms given point very 

 strongly to rabies, although it is seldom that the disease appears 

 in one so young, unless bi tten by a rabid animal. Write again . 



PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 



A Remakkaei.e CiBtTDMSTtiVOE.- Mr. W. E. Sanford, of Holley, 

 N.Y.,tiP,eame afflicted a few years since with a most terrible In- 

 Uamuiation in the lower portion of his body. Tie did all that 

 thought could suggest to remove it, even submitting to a most 

 painful surgical operation. At last, wh^n death was longed for 

 and seemed near, he began (against thewishes of hlsfriends) tak- 

 ing Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, and is to-day a strong 

 man and in perfect health. Any readers who may question this 

 remarkable assertion can address him at Holley, N. Y., and as- 

 certain lor themselves. 



Cataloode of Hammrkless GnNS.— Messrs. J. Palmer O'Neil 

 He Co. have recently forwarded to us a copy of their new catalogue 

 of Hammerless Guns, a publication which is devoted to showing 

 the character of the sportsman's goods now for sale liylhem. It 

 ia profusely illustrated with line woodcuts, and seems to mention 

 everyartiele that the shooting man can require. In addition to 

 the pages devoted purely to businessare several which include in 

 their contents the game laws of Pennsylvania, abstracts of those 

 of most of the States and Territories, and a number of useful 

 hints to sportsmen. 



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The Wiwon Apjustablb Obair.— The attention of everyone 

 of our readers, be he bachelor or family man, Is partioularly 

 directed to the advertisement on another page "of this paper of 

 the Wilson Adjustable Chair. This is an article of real merit. 

 Through its wonderful adaptability it really takes the place of 

 from $300 to $100 worth of inflexible beds, chairs and lounges, 

 ft is an elegant addition to parlor or library. Tbere are chairs and 

 chairs, t^ut this is the chair, -^fallv easy chair-makers have done 

 excellenily, but the Wilson has excelled them all. 



—The BnlabiTii Shooting and Fi-hlng Suits. tTptheerovo & 

 McClellan sotc manufacturers, Valparaiso, Ind. Send for circular. 

 " The ' Holabird Shooting Coat 'the best In the world." 



—Try Diving Decoys and Improved Explosive Target Bails 

 See advertisement. 



-Our readers will do well to notice the new advertisement of 

 E. Remington & Sons. 



—The American Arms Company, as explained by their new ad- 

 vertisement, will reduce the prices on their guns for a short 

 time. Send iu your order if you want to get a good JV)X gun 

 cheap . 



AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RECOEDS. , 



Records at championship games, to Aug. 1st, 1.S80, are : 100 vardg 

 rUn, 10 sec, W. C. Wllmer, Short Hills A. C, Oct. 12lh, '78, and R. 

 L. La Monta«ne, New York A, C Sept. 2.5th, '78; ?2n yards run, 

 2iJ sec, L. E. Myers, Manhattan A. C, Sept. SOih, '7n: 410 yarls 

 49 1-3 sec, L. B. Myers, Manhattan A. C. Sept. 20th, '79 ; hall' mile 

 run, 1 min. 56i see., L. B. Myers, Manhattan A. C, July 17th, '60; 

 one mile run, 4 min. 29j- see , b. E. Myers, Manhattan A. C, May 

 3lBt, '80 ; live mile run,27 min. 55} sec. W. H.Robertson, Brooklyn 



A. C, June 5th, '80; 120 yards hurdle race, 17}^ see., H. Edwards 

 Picken, New York A. C, Oct. 12th, "78: one mile walk, 8 min. .3.3 

 2-5 sec, E. B. Merdll, Union A. C. July 5th. '80; three mile walk, 

 21 min. 42 sec, T. H. Armstrong, Jr , Harlem A. C.,3ept. 14th, '78; 

 seven mile walk, 53 min. m sec, W. H. Purdy, Greenpoint A. 0., 

 Sept. 20th. '79 ; running high jump, 5 ft. Si ins., J. P. Conover, Col, 

 Coll.A. A., May 9th, '79; running hroad jump, 31 ft. 8 ins., J.S. 

 Voorhees. Brooklyn A. C, June 5th, 'SO; polo leaping, 10 ft. 7} ins.: 



B. F. Richardson, Scottish American A. C, July 5th, '80; putting 

 the shot, as ft. 2i Ins., J. A. Pullerton, Montreal Lacrosse Club 

 June 5ih, '8fi; throwing tho hammer, 87 ft. 1 In., F. Larkin, 

 Princeton Coll. A. A., May Otb, '79 ; throwing .10 pound weight, 23 

 ft. U ins., Wm. B. Curtis. New York A. C, Sept. 30th. '79; bicycle 

 race. 2 mUea, a min. 87 Beon W. B. Clark, N.X. Bicycle Club, Feb. 

 nth, '60. 



